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No Pain, No Gain: Market Reform, Unemployment, and Politics in Bulgaria
(2003-05-15)
In 1997, a new center-right government came to power in Bulgaria with a mandate to accelerate market reforms. By the time of the next elections in 2001, 75 percent of GDP was produced in the private sector, compared to 45 ...
The Effect of Pre-Primary Education on Primary School Performance
(2006-07-01)
Although the theoretical case for universal pre-primary education is strong, the empirical foundation is weak. In this paper, we contribute to the empirical case by investigating the effect of a large expansion of universal ...
A re-examination of the Purchasing Power Parity using non-stationary dynamic panel methods : a comparative approach for developing and developed countries
(2003-04-02)
The aim of this paper is to apply recent advances in the econometrics of non-stationary dynamic panel methods to examine the robustness of the PPP concept for a sample of 73 developed and developing countries. Our ...
The use of accounting information in bank lending decisions
(Elsevier, 1989)
This paper examines the impact of accounting information on the sequential judgements of experienced bank loan officers using realistic lending cases in an experimental setting. The findings suggest that loan officers reach ...
A visual programming system for defining behavior in simulation models of manufacturing systems
(Baltzer Science Publishers, Baarn/Kluwer Academic Publishers; J.C. Baltzer AG, Science Publishers ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1994-12)
A visual programming system is described that allows the modeler full flexibility in defining the behavior of a manufacturing system simulation model. Decision-making behavior of objects in the simulation can be viewed by ...
Should Patent Protection Be Extended to All Developing Countries?
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1990-12)